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Bucovina

American  
[boo-kuh-vee-nuh, boo-kaw-vee-nah] / ˌbu kəˈvi nə, bʊ kɔˈvi nɑ /
Or Bukovina

noun

  1. a region in E central Europe, formerly a district in N Romania: now divided between Romania and Ukraine. 4,031 sq. mi. (10,440 sq. km).


Bucovina British  
/ ˌbuːkəˈviːnə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Bukovina

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The accident occurred late Sunday outside the eastern city of Ramnicu Sarat when the team was returning home from a game against Vicov Bucovina.

From Washington Times Nov. 16, 2015

A list of guesthouses in Romanian Bucovina is available at ruraltourism.ro/bucovina/html/bucovinaen.html.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2010

The result of his victories — 46 in all — was an unprecedented building spree within the densely forested terrain of the Bucovina region in modern Romania.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2010

On the contrary, he handed Rumanian Minister Gheorghe Davidescu a brusque note demanding Bessarabia and northern Bucovina within 24 hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

That language and national characteristics have, nevertheless, not been lost is due to the fact that the Rumanian population of Bucovina is peasant almost to a man—a class little amenable to changes of civilization.

From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Nevill Forbes

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